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Accused meth cook arrested at local store

Bartlesville Police Department officers arrested a local man Wednesday on meth-related charges after he reportedly tried to hide out in a local home improvement store.

According to BPD investigator David Hackler, officers arrested 39-year-old Jason Dean Springer around 3:38 p.m.on charges of manufacture of methamphetamine, driving under suspension, no insurance and a criminal arrest warrant.

Hackler said that officers saw Springer driving in the area and recognized him as having an outstanding warrant.

“They did a U-turn to go get him and when they did, he turned into the Lowe’s parking lot and ran into the store,” Hackler told the Examiner-Enterprise on Friday.

“They found him inside the store and arrested him on the warrant,” Hackler said.

He said that after the arrest, officers inventoried Springer’s vehicle in the parking lot and found “precursors to the manufacture of meth.”

“There wasn’t an active lab but rather the ingredients (for one),” he said.

Springer will likely have initial appearance on the charges today in Washington County Court.